Hi, guys! I've recently uploaded to GJ my TUI pirate-themed game Pyrates. Written in Python, it was originally intended as a teaching aid for a course on software localization with gettext. By now it has evolved into a fun game in its own rights.
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New release of Pyrates 0.7.0 now available for download. The major changes include maze-crawling tasks (https://asciinema.org/a/773240), new farming/tycoon game, improved color palette, new icons, and better AI powering NPCs.
I'm prototyping a simple mini-roguelike taking place on a pirate ship with combat mechanics based on boxing. The goal is to steal an artifact from Deck 3. Ideas and suggestions are more then welcome 
Gameplay preview at https://asciinema.org/a/781825
On the treasure island, there is only one chest per row and per column. What's more only a chest with a specific characteristic contains anything valuable. This is what you get when you combine minesweeper with trial-and-error-based discovery in Pyrates 
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' Bandit Trap Open Beta!
Grab your rocket chairs, vacuums, and toilet tornadoes! Report one more time for our final beta! Live through March 23rd 6 am CET.
Complete quests based on the game!
Play the beta: https://bit.ly/BanditTrapBeta
I really love crawling mazes. Especially when I need to race another adventure (blue @) for a wreck with loot (brown P). The adventurer uses Tremaux algorithm to efficiently cover a lot of maze is short time. This involves a simple machine-learning AI.
BIG NEWS: Your Bandit can wear a Game Jolt hat and shirt in Bandit Trap!
Defend your home or steal treasure in the open beta: https://bit.ly/BanditTrapBeta
It ends on March 23rd at 6 am CET!
Here's another version of the coral reef maze, this time with 2 AI crawlers (red Ps), i.e. hostile pirate ships. If they catch you, they'll force you to play their signature game: pirate shuffle 
In Pyrates, the adventurer on the treasure island will propose to split the shared loot based on how much you contributed to your cooperation. So don't expect to earn a lot if you let others do al the work! That's another bit of AI built into the NPC.
This week's Fan Art Friday celebrates Bandit Trap! Accept the quest in your quest log to get started.
Defend your home or steal treasure in the open beta: https://bit.ly/BanditTrapBeta
The pirate on a treasure island with four hideouts was one of the first NPCs with built-in AI in Pyrates. It tries to figure out how you move on the island (machine learning!) to choose the best place to hide the treasure 
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